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Monday, 17 December 2012

Nami, the Tidecaller...

Hye there guys! It's Darkornyx on da' blog! Well, Im'ma talk about LoL latest champion right now. Nami, the Tidecaller. Now LoL got two amphibious creature eh? Hahhahahaha... What I know about Nami, is that she is a ranged supportive champion that could either reinforce the team strength or beign a beacon of hope for the entire team. Let's take a look at her shall we?

Ain't she's a beauty? Too bad she is a Naga. Sorta. Well, she isn't exactly a Naga. Well, we'll take a look at the lore later. Now let's gets down to the specific overview about her.

Abilities:

Surging Tides (Passive):

Allied champions affected by Nami’s abilities have their movement speeds increased for a short duration.

Aqua Prison:

Nami sends a bubble of water into the air to a targeted location that deals magic damage and displaces enemies hit by the bubble.

Ebb and Flow:

Unleashes a surge of water that can target an enemy or allied champion. The water can bounce from champion to champion and deals magic damage to enemy champions and heals allied champions.

Tidecaller’s Blessing:

Nami buffs an allied champion, adding extra magic damage and a slow to their attacks.

Tidal Wave:

Nami summons a massive Tidal Wave from her position. The wave deals magic damage and slows all enemy units it passes through. Enemies closest to the initial spawn point are slowed for a shorter duration than those farther away, but all are slowed for a significant length of time and Tidal Wave has a large range.

As a support with powerful crowd control abilities, Nami’s kit gives her the potential to impact every phase of your games. In lane, Nami excels at applying constant pressure to the enemy. The buffs provided by Tidecaller’s Blessing allow her lane partner to come out ahead in exchanges, and the long-distance stun from Aqua Prison can keep low health enemies from engaging safely. Moreover, because her healing skill also bounces to damage nearby enemies, Nami’s core support abilities work best when her partner is on the attack.

In the mid game, when teamfights become more frequent, the utility of Ebb and Flow increases. The more champions the wave can bounce to, the more efficient it becomes. You can use Aqua Prison and Tidal Wave to disrupt opponents’ positioning with stuns and slows, and take advantage of her passive combined with Tidecaller’s Blessing to help chase down a fleeing enemy champion.

With her potent combination of crowd control and buffs, Nami continues to have a substantial presence in team fights once the transition is made to the late game. Even though she’s not on the front lines dishing out damage, Nami becomes a fantastic initiator through the range of her ultimate. The enormous distance covered by the rushing Tidal Wave can easily force a teamfight, or allow her team to disengage while their opponents are slowed under the weight of the tide.

Balancing her offensive capabilities and defensive utility will be crucial to success with Nami. Learn to ride the rolling wave, and you may find your team swimming to victory.

I'm not really sure about her exact build in-game. Let's take a look at Phreak's guide, shall we?

She's quite tempting to use eh? Well, log on your LoL and farm some IP! If you are one lazy player, pin in your credit card code and buy the bundle!!

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS FOREVER!

Hurbo od Harban Terandar!

NAMI THE TIDECALLER LORE!

"Nami channels the primal energies of the ocean,
harnessing its mystical restorative properties and commanding the raw power of
the tides themselves. Though many doubted her, Nami had the bravery and
determination to take on a dangerous quest when no one else would. Now her
people believe she is the Tidecaller, a chosen one destined to complete a quest
essential to the survival of her entire race.

The Tidecaller's sacred duty is to acquire a moonstone, a
powerful object found only in the towering reaches of the surface world. Her
people, the Marai, rely on the moonstone's light to ward off the terrors of the
depths. However, the stone's power lasts only one hundred years. Before its
light fades, the Tidecaller must journey into the Great Deep, retrieve an
abyssal pearl, and carry it to the surface. There, on the night of the winter
solstice of the hundredth year, the Tidecaller makes a ceremonial exchange with
a landwalker bearing a moonstone. By trading the pearl for the moonstone, the
Tidecaller ensures the survival of the Marai for another century.

However, in Nami's time, as the hundred years drew to a
close, no Tidecaller had been found. Without a chosen one to complete the
quest, her people would face disaster, but the Marai waited in faith that the
Tidecaller would appear. Nami refused to sit idle, insisting that without a
Tidecaller to save them, someone had to act. Bravely, she decided to begin the
quest herself and ventured alone into the dangerous depths. None expected her
to survive, but after six days of battles with untold horrors, Nami returned
with the pearl in hand. The Marai hailed her as the new Tidecaller. All that
remained was for Nami to journey to the surface and complete the exchange.

When Nami arrived at the surface, however, she found only an
empty shore. She waited for days in a mystic cove, unsure of what to do. In all
the legends of the Tidecallers, the bearer of the moonstone had never failed to
arrive. Nami faced a choice. She knew the surface world only through tale and
rumor, but the survival of the Marai depended upon her. Summoning the tide to
bear her ashore, Nami began her search for the moonstone and became the first
of her kind to explore the world above the ocean. She left her home behind, and
vowed not to return until she had completed the Tidecaller's quest.